University of Agriculture, Poznan
Short-term fasting and lipolytic activity in adipocytes investigated
Published in Fitness and Wellness Business Week, February 9th, 2005
"The aim of this experiment was to study the influence of 18-hour food deprivation on basal and stimulated lipolysis in adipocytes obtained from young male Wistar rats. Fat cells from fed and fasted rats were isolated from the epididymal adipose tissue by collagenase digestion. Adipocytes were incubated in Krebs-Ringer buffer (pH 7.4, 37 degrees C) without agents affecting lipolysis and with different lipolytic stimulators (epinephrine, forskolin, dibutyryl-cAMP, theophylline, DPCPX, amrinone) or inhibitors (PIA, H-89, insulin)," scientists in Poland report.
"After 60 minutes of incubation,...
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